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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. BAILEY, OF JERSEY CITY, N. J., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO WILLIAM A. THORP, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

LINIMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,306, dated January 6, 1880.

Application filed September 29, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN G. BAILEY, of Jersey City, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Compound for the Prevention and Cure of Poison Produced by the Sting of Insects, such as mosquitoes, bees, and the like, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention consists in a compound, composition, or the like formed by mixing alcohol, oil of pennyroyal, alum, onion-juice, and garlie-juice.

To prepare my compound, I mix one quart of alcohol with one ounce of oil otpennyroyal, and after the oil is out I add one ounce of pulverized alum, four ounces of onion-juice, four ounces of garlic-juice, and thoroughly mix these ingredients.

The compound is applied direct to the sting by bandage, rubbing, or other fit means.

I am aware that the juice of the onion and of garlic has heretofore been applied as topical remedies, and I therefore lay no broad claim to them.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 2 5 and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States The herein-described composition of matter, being an antidote for the poison of bees or other insects, which consists of alcohol, oil of 0 pennyroyal, alum, onion-juice, and garlic-j uice, combined in about the proportions set forth.

In test-imon y whereof lhave hereunto signed my name this 22d day of September, A. D.

J N O. O. BAILEY.

In presence of-- J. A. ROMEYN, G. B. THURSTON. 

